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The following tables contain information about the components and products in the BSM Reference Stack.

Infrastructure stack

The infrastructure stack represents the foundational components for the BSM Reference Stack applications. You can standardize on either the Windows or the Linux stack requirements.

These guidelines do not represent the only possible infrastructure for BSM applications and specific infrastructure requirements. Refer to specific product documentation for details.

Infrastructure stack components

Component

Windows

Linux

Operating System

Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 (64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64-bit)1

Database

MS-SQL Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Oracle Enterprise Edition 11g R2 (64-bit)

Application Server

Apache Tomcat 7.0
Red Hat JBoss AS 5.11

Apache Tomcat 7.0
Red Hat JBoss AS 5.12

Web server

Apache 2.2 (64-bit)

Apache 2.2 (64-bit)

Reporting engine

SAP BusinessObjects XI R 3.1 SP3 (BMC Analytics for BSM)

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 Service Pack 2
Fix Pack 8

SAP BusinessObjects XI R 3.1 SP3 (BMC Analytics for BSM)

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 Service Pack 2
Fix Pack 8

Java (JDK/JRE)

JDK/JRE 1.6.0_31 (64-bit) 2

JDK/JRE 1.6.0_31 (64-bit) 3

Browser

IE 8.0, IE 9.0, Firefox 3.5 and later

 

1 BAO 7.6.04.02 is compatible on RHEL 6.2 for CLM installations only. Refer to the BAO documentation for complete platform support and compatibility.

2 JBoss is recommended for BSM components that require full J2EE Application Server support (for example, BMC IT Business Management).

3 Refer to the Oracle critical patch update notice.

Oracle critical patch update

Oracle has issued a security advisory and critical patch update for multiple security vulnerabilities. Details can be found on the Oracle site at this URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013update-1905892.html.

Application stack

BSM Interoperability 8.6.2 contains a detailed listing of the applications verified in this release, except the following application, which is not part of the BSM Reference Stack:

  • BMC BladeLogic Client Automation Discovery Integration for CMDB